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Posts tagged 'Thomas Heatherwick'

Zeev Aram

The Aram Designs founder on the new Routemaster, an Eames chair and the humble paperclip Having spent 50 years in the design world, I have

Opinion

Zeitz Museum by Thomas Heatherwick

The 1920s silo in Cape Town was once the tallest building in South Africa (images: Heatherwick Studio) Thomas Heatherwick has unveiled plans to convert a

Architecture

Design Indaba

Each spring creatives from around the globe migrate to Cape Town, as they have for the past twenty years, for a summit that explores how

Design

Learning in Glass: Salviati Murano Exhibition

Venetian glass manufacturer Salviati was founded in 1859 and, by the end of the 19th century, was famous for its enamel glass mosaics. In London,

Design

British coinage system

Coin use is in a steady decline because of credit cards, but we still feel there is a place for coins in the economy, and

Opinion

Icon Award Winner: Olympic Cauldron, Product design of the year

To the outside observer, 2012 appears to have been very much Thomas Heatherwick’s year: a large exhibition at the Victoria and Albert museum marked his

Design

Worth Abbey Church by Heatherwick Studio

The Abbey Church in Worth, Sussex, has re-opened after a year-long refurbishment by Heatherwick Studio. Designed by architect Frances Pollen, the striking circular design marks

Architecture

BIG: Ski park on a power plant

(image: BIG and Glessner) Trailblazing Danish practice BIG is building a ski park on top of a waste-to-energy plant in Copenhagen – and the incinerator

Architecture

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Audo Copenhagen

Light up your space with ICON’s top design picks for the new season

Design Icon: Alvar Aalto’s Armchair 400

Meet James Burial: The US artist bringing his playful aesthetic to the UK

Zieta

The founder of Zieta Studio tells ICON how its experimental processes are moving forward

Fritz Hansen ReNew

Roddy Clarke looks into Fritz Hansen’s new circular initiative and what the move means for its classic shell chairs

Editor’s Picks: The best new season design and lifestyle launches

Storm Park

Out of rubble: archigrest and topoScape reimagine Warsaw’s Uprising Mound as a living park and monument

Snohetta

Snøhetta’s Sámi hub Čoarvemátta is designed to withstand the harsh winters of north Norway

Budapest Design Week

Crafting heritage: 5 highlights from Budapest Design Week 2024




Architects

Storm Park

Out of rubble: archigrest and topoScape reimagine Warsaw’s Uprising Mound as a living park and monument

Snohetta

Snøhetta’s Sámi hub Čoarvemátta is designed to withstand the harsh winters of north Norway

Alexandra Road Estate

Architecture Against the Odds looks at difficult sites in a new exhibition at RIBA

Dansk Arkitektur Center The Water is Coming

A new exhibition at the Danish Architecture Center puts on show a bold response to rising waters

Kadre Architects

LA practice Kadre Architects uses design as a street-level tool for social change

Piero Lissoni: Environments book by Rizzoli

A new book by Stefano Casciani offers an insight into Piero Lissoni’s work

Architecture Icon: The Paimio Sanatorium and its humanistic approach to modernism

Architecture Icon: How the Noguchi Musuem advances the appreciation of its founder’s art and legacy

Architecture Icon: Alvar and Aino Aalto’s house in Helsinki bears all the hallmarks of their approach to design


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Audo Copenhagen

Light up your space with ICON’s top design picks for the new season

Design Icon: Alvar Aalto’s Armchair 400

Meet James Burial: The US artist bringing his playful aesthetic to the UK

Zieta

The founder of Zieta Studio tells ICON how its experimental processes are moving forward

Fritz Hansen ReNew

Roddy Clarke looks into Fritz Hansen’s new circular initiative and what the move means for its classic shell chairs

Editor’s Picks: The best new season design and lifestyle launches

Budapest Design Week

Crafting heritage: 5 highlights from Budapest Design Week 2024

Gushka2

Ukrainian creative studio Gushka creates woollen items that bring a new life to ancestral crafts

Meet Studio Bovti: The German design duo expressing their inner child through experimental curiosity and a playful aesthetic


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Audo Copenhagen

Light up your space with ICON’s top design picks for the new season

Design Icon: Alvar Aalto’s Armchair 400

Meet James Burial: The US artist bringing his playful aesthetic to the UK

Zieta

The founder of Zieta Studio tells ICON how its experimental processes are moving forward

Fritz Hansen ReNew

Roddy Clarke looks into Fritz Hansen’s new circular initiative and what the move means for its classic shell chairs

Editor’s Picks: The best new season design and lifestyle launches

Storm Park

Out of rubble: archigrest and topoScape reimagine Warsaw’s Uprising Mound as a living park and monument

Snohetta

Snøhetta’s Sámi hub Čoarvemátta is designed to withstand the harsh winters of north Norway

Budapest Design Week

Crafting heritage: 5 highlights from Budapest Design Week 2024